What is Barometer?

A cloud that develops from Cirrus, completely or partially covering the sky, creating a halo effect, thin, sheet-like, milky...

An anvil is a cloud mostly composed of ice particles. Otherwise known as a cumulonimbus cloud, an anvil has reached the stratospheric...

Indicates the amount of water the soil can absorb/retain through percolation. This capacity is around 7% in sandy soil and...

A towering cloud that often reaches great altitudes and is associated with thunderstorms, heavy rain, and sometimes severe...

Conduction is the transfer of heat or electricity through a material without the material itself moving. This occurs when...

A tropical cyclone, also called a hurricane, is a severe tropical storm with wind speeds in excess of 74 mph. Known as a...

A closed low, also known as a cut-off low, is a low-pressure system that is entirely isolated from the main atmospheric circulation...

Particles such as pollen, grass seeds, or dust in the air that cause allergies and are transported by winds.

A measurement determined by the wave lengths and sea conditions caused by the effect of wind, and by the movement of tree...

The decrease in temperature with height in an adiabatically rising air parcel (lapse rate). For dry air, this value is 1...